Loyola Hockey Fall Tryouts and Conditioning Camp

The Loyola Academy Hockey Club is happy to announce the schedule for conditioning camp, evaluation sessions and tryouts for the Fall/Winter 2019-20 season!

Boys
Scrub Skates: July 30-August 1, 6-8 (see times and register here)
Rambler High School Conditioning Camp: August 12-16 (see times and download the registration form)

Mandatory Pre-Tryout Meeting for Players: August 15, 7:00 pm, LA Theater

Evaluations: Aug 20-21 at 7:40pm & 8:55pm
Tryouts:
Group A: Aug 23 at 7:00pm & Aug 24 at 4:30pm
Group B: Aug 26-27 at 7:50pm
Group C Aug 28 at 7:50pm

Girls
Pre-Season Skates: July 31 at 9:00pm, August 7 at 9:00pm, August 12 at 7:50pm
Tryouts: August 23 at 5:50pm & August 25 at 6:10pm

All sessions will be held at American Heartland Ice Arena in Lincolnwood. For questions on either program, please contact Hockey Director DJ LaVarre at dj@loyolahockey.com.

Loyola Hockey Summer Drop-In Skates and Scrub Skates

The Loyola Hockey coaching staff hopes you are enjoying your summer and looks forward to seeing you at the rink for drop-in skates in July and scrub sessions in late July and early August.

All sessions will be held at American Heartland Ice Arena in Lincolnwood. Get complete info on dates, times, cost and register via SignUpGenius below.

For questions on either program, please contact Hockey Director DJ LaVarre at dj@loyolahockey.com.

Congratulations to Loyola Gold senior Eamon O’Brien for being AHAI’s 2019 JJ O’Connor Boys High School Player of the Year and being named to the Blackhawks All Star Alumni Team.

All-State: 9 Players Named to Illinois All-State Teams

The 2019 Boys High School All-State and the 2019 Girls High School All-State games were played on Monday, February 11, 2019, at the Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville. Congratulations to the following players for being named to the state all-star teams!

2019 Scholastic Hockey League Award Winners

Congratulations to four Loyola Academy Gold players for winning the 2019 Scholastic Hockey League Award:

1st Team All SHL
Eamon O'Brien (Forward)

2nd Team All SHL
Andrew Shearson (Goalie)
Tim Hackett (Defense)
Aiden Finegan (Forward)

12 Loyola Players Invited to Attend the 2019 America’s High School Showcase Illinois Team Tryouts

LAHC wishes to congratulate the players who have been invited to attend the America’s High School Showcase Illinois Team Tryouts this month.

During the past couple of months, coaches from Illinois high schools have been rating players throughout Illinois. The players invited to tryout have been identified as among the top players in Illinois high school hockey. AHAI has invited them to tryout for the team that will represent Illinois at America’s High School Showcase.

Twenty-four boys’ teams from across the United States, representing forty-three states, will compete and showcase their talents to scouts from every major hockey institution in the country at the USA Hockey America’s High School Showcase, April 11-15, 2019, in St. Peters, Missouri.

Loyola Players on the 2019 America’s Showcase Tryout Team:

Matthew C. Choate, Senior, LAG
Declan A. Darcy, Senior, LAG
Andrew P. Buck, Senior, LAG
Christian S. Dunne, Senior, LAG
Aidan M. Finegan, Senior, LAG
Timothy S. Hackett, Senior, LAG
Nicholas E. Liebers, Senior, LAG
Jacob D. Gonzalez, Senior, LAG
Cole P. Musick, Junior, Loyola Academy Maroon
Eamon W. O’Brien, Senior, LAG
Cooper R. Prawdzik, Senior, LAG
Andrew G. Shearson, Senior, LAG

View all the rosters here.

Loyola Gold Sweeps Shady Side Academy

Loyola Gold traveled to Pittsburgh to take on Shady Side Academy of the Midwest Prep Hockey League (MPHL) and swept them 3-1 and 3-2 in back to back games Feb. 1-2, 2019!

All Scholastic Academic Team

Loyola and the SHL are proud of the student athletes that excel in the class room. The ALL SHLTEAM is made up of players that have a 3.5 or better accumulative GPA. The current players that have made the grade are:

Loyola Gold
Hayden Beck, Owen Boersma, Glynn Elliott IV, Jake Gonzalez, Danny Huber, Nick Liebers, Cooper Prawdzik, Andrew Shearson, Timmy Starr, Patrick Wiemer

Loyola JV
Thomas Albrighton, Jack Anderson, Jack Gustafson, Dillon Khanna, Michael Lattanzio, Charlie Loeb, John Nikas, Joseph Rossman, Edward Rossman, Dayne Smoter

Loyola Hosts Jesuit Cup

Thank you to all the teams who participated in the 2019 Jesuit Cup, January 19-21, 2019. See the full schedule and results on the Tourney Machine website.

2019 Illinois High School Hockey League All-Stars

Congratulations to Loyola Maroon players Will Sweetnam, Joe Walker, Cole Stricker, and Cole Musick who were named to the 2019 IHSHL All Star team.

Loyola Academy Hockey JV Wins Showdown in Titletown 

Holiday Tournament

LAHC's JV's 3rd Tournament and 3rd Championship Win!

Loyola's JV Boys team went undefeated in the Showdown in Titletown Holiday Tournament in Green Bay, Wisconsin, over holiday break. JV won all games, allowing only 3 goals in the series. The team won championship game 4-0 versus the tournament hosts, Notre Dame Academy. 

Kyle Shellberg was a valued member of both the 1994-95 and 1995-96 Loyola Gold state championship hockey teams.

The Kyle Shellberg Scholarship Award is meant to honor one Loyola Hockey Club player per year who best embodies Kyle’s spirit as a hockey player, a teammate, and a leader in service.  The financial award will provide a measure of tuition assistance toward post-secondary education.  

All Loyola Hockey Club juniors and seniors – including Gold, Maroon, Girls, and JV teams –are eligible for the scholarship. Click on pdf file below for details.

The application deadline is Wednesday, February 20, 2019.

CONGRATULATIONS LOYOLA GOLD
2018 ILLINOIS STATE HOCKEY CHAMPIONS!!!